On a beautiful Independence Day, the 2010 Vail Lacrosse Shootout wrapped up with two first time champions. In the Men’s Elite division, Maverik Elite walked away with their first Championship. On the Women’s side, last year’s runner-up, CRSLax.com took home the Championship trophy in their third Shootout appearance.

Men’s Elite

Maverik Elite trailed Team Chipotle early in the game but took a 3-2 lead at the end of the first quarter and never looked back in route to a resounding 14-7 win in the 2010 Vail Lacrosse Shootout Men’s Elite Championship game.

Maverik utilized their outstanding talent on both ends of the field to win the game. On offense, Vail Shootout All-Star Sean Lindsey (Syracuse ‘10) dominated, with seven points on six goals and one assist. Tournament Offensive MVP, Steve Keogh (Syracuse ’11) used his great vision and Canadian style of play to score four goals and one assist.

On the defensive end for Maverik, All-Star and Tournament Defensive MVP John Galloway (Syracuse ’11) finished with fifteen saves, stopping 68% of the shots he faced on the day. Galloway was phenomenal all tournament, fluidly making save after save in each game.

For Chipotle, Tournament All-Star Patrick Murray (Georgetown ’13) did a splendid job facing off, winning 60% of the draws today. Murray, who returned after competing with last year’s U19 Team Colorado was a force at the face off “X” all week for Chipotle, and at only 19 years of age the future looks bright for this young man from Denver.

Maverik was certainly the favorite coming into the game with their talented roster but Chipotle had the crowd on their side as their squad was mostly made up of players from Colorado. At the end of the day Maverik left little doubt as to who the better team was and celebrated their Championship in style as the Vail Lacrosse Shootout ended its 38th year.

Women’s Elite

Tournament veterans, CRSLax.com finished the 2010 Vail Lacrosse Shootout Women’s Elite Tournament undefeated, winning their first Championship in team history. The ladies from CRSLax.com were oh-so-close in 2009, losing the Championship in overtime, but they would not spurned again as they won convincingly against a scrappy Colorado Tropics team. Tournament MVP Ashley Mitchelides of CRSLax.com led her team through a gauntlet of talented squads ultimately coming out unscathed in the 2010 Vail Shootout.